Average customer rating:
- Not really USB2.0
- LOOKS GREAT!
- Frustrating to use.
- Packed with features, but terribly frustrating to use
- Not what it says.
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Centon 2GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner - Red
Manufacturer: Centon
ProductGroup: CE
Flash Drive-Based
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MP3 Players
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Audio & Video
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Categories
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Electronics
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2 GB
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Up to 64 MB
Home Office Electronics
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Electronics
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Categories
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Target
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Product Features:
- MP3 Digital Audio Player with 2 GB Digital Audio Capacity
- Compatible with Sony Connect, All Subscription Music Services, Rhapsody To Go, Microsoft PlaysForSure
- Additional Functions: FM Tuner
- Features: Equalizers, Compact, Lightweight
- Stores Approximately 500 Songs
- Screen Features: Backlit LED
- Reads CD, MP3, WMA, WAV
- Includes Instruction Manual, Earphones
- 1.5X4 "
ASIN: B000JL9BYQ
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Product Description
Centon Electronics is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and supplier of memory solutions. Centon's expansive product line includes state-of-the-art memory solutions for desktops, servers, notebooks, workstations, printers, motherboards, embedded systems and telecommunications devices. All products are either JEDEC compliant or engineered to meet or exceed OEM specifications to ensure reliability and 100% compatibility.PRODUCT FEATURES:Supported file formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV;Driverless USB disk;"Partition and encryption" function;Record your voice with the built-in microphone and save as WAV or ACT file format (fine or long record);Seven preset EQ: natural, rock, pop, classical, soft, jazz, DBB;Various playback modes: normal, repeat one, folder, repeat folder, repeat all, random, intro.
Customer Reviews:
Not really USB2.0.......2007-09-24
Like the 512MB and 1GB players in this line, Centon bills this player as a "Full Speed USB2.0" device. A little research will show that "Full Speed" actually means the same speed as USB1.1 (12mbps) - what people usually think of as "USB2" is actually called "Hi-Speed" and is 480mbps, 40x faster.
USB1.1 speeds are too slow for a unit with 2GB of storage - they're barely acceptable with a 512MB unit. (Imagine having a 2GB flash drive that could only read and write at USB1.1 speeds - that's basically the situation with this.)
In this unit's defense, like the 512MB model, it's got more bells and whistles than a similar iPod shuffle - but the USB1.1 speeds are a real deal-breaker.
LOOKS GREAT!.......2007-07-05
I HAVE TOM ABMIT, IT LOOKS BETTER IN YOUR HAND. EASY TO DOWNLOAD , ALTHOUGH TUNER IS A LITTLE HARD TO GET USED TO. LOVE IT!
Frustrating to use........2007-01-09
I received this player for Christmas and am disappointed. I guess I was expecting a tiny little walkman. Instead I get a device that is nearly impossible to use. Thank heavens my daughter preloaded the player with music. And if I only want to listen to the music on the player, turn it off and on, I'm okay. However, after spending 8 to 10 hours with the manual and trial-and-error I'm going to buy a new walkman and get on with my life. The manual is hilarious because it's written in terrible English. And the instructions are vague and useless. Sorry, but this is not an easy player to use.
Packed with features, but terribly frustrating to use.......2006-12-28
I received this device (Centon 2GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner and Voice Recording) from TigerDirect one week ago. Unlike the other reviewer, I do not have any problems with "drag-and-drop" file transfer under Windows XP. However, I am still very unhappy with this device for the following reasons:
1. Slow data transfer speed:
The product specification page at TigerDirect clearly stated (twice) that this device has an USB 2.0 interface. But it is actually USB 1.1, because the data rate I benchmarked is under 0.5M Bytes per second. On the package (see my Customer Image above) it says "USB 2.0 Compatible", which is just a deceptive way of saying that it is NOT an USB 2.0 interface.
2. Poor User Manual:
Badly-written English does not bother me. But this manual is so full of incorrect information, it can only be referring to a different firmware version. I have to figure out a lot of commands (such as how to delete a file) through trial-and-error.
3. Brain-Dead User Interface:
- You can store 500+ MP3 songs in 1.9GB of storage, but only the first 360 songs can be played. (The firmware was probably written back when 512MB was the limit)
- There's no easy way to navigate over folders. You just have to start from song#1 and fast forward/reverse to #360, one file at a time.
- Each time you delete a file, you are thrown back to song#360 (or whatever is the last song) and have to navigate your way back, one file at a time.
- Command feedbacks are extremely slow. For example, if you press "forward" during playback, the display will simply freeze up for 10 seconds before starting to play the next song.
Power consumption during playback is around 130mW, or 110mA at 1.2V battery voltage. So you can expect 7-8 hours of playtime from one 900mAh rechargeable battery. (This is just for your info)
After fighting with this device for a week (not to mention fighting with TigerDirect's so-call Help Desk) I finally have to return it for a refund. I'll give the Creative Muvo V100 2GB MP3 Player a try next.
[Update on Jan 9, 2007]:
I received the MuVo V100 and guess what? The USB data transfer rate is just as slow! Oh well. At least the user interface of MuVo is implemented correctly.
Interesting observation: the user manual for this Centon MP3 player seems to be written based on functionalities of the MuVo... except that Centon did not actually implement some of those functions.
Not what it says........2006-12-06
Even though the ad says you can use this as a flash drive, after I ordered one and spent two hours trying to figure out how to drag and drop mp3 files to it, and checked for online support files (for this model, as of 5 DEC 06, there IS no online support file), I contacted CENTON and this is what they replied: ''Thank you for contacting Centon, your incident number is 12276. Unfortunately there is no way to turn off the option to use it as a media device since this depends on the operating system, windows XP will only recognize the player as a media device, other versions of windows (ME and 2000 ) will recognize it as a mass storage device instead.( you have the player with the sigmatel chip so it cannot be changed to a mass storage device manually ).'' So, if you have XP, you can NOT use this as a flash drive. My only option would be to 'synch' with media player, except when I try to synch with media player, media player says 'no device found'.
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Customer Reviews:
good quality cable..........2007-01-03
I compared it with low cost Monoprice and high cost Monster cable. I picked up 10' cable for about $70.00 from Amazon few months ago. It's been working pretty well. No complains so far and I like the thinness of cable.
Piece of Junk - dont buy.......2006-03-22
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Customer Reviews:
OK phone for the price, not everything works.......2005-11-09
I just got this phone because I needed a speakerphone for conference calls and I didn't want to spend a lot of money.
The speakerphone sounds good, although the mic is very weak. Quality on the handset is good, both speaker and mic.
Handset has low and high volume - my phone starts buzzing when I set it to high, so that doesn't work, but it sounds fine on low and not worth sending back.
Bottom line - you get what you paid for.
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The reason I bought this unit in the first place was because I hike--deep woods and high mountain hiking. This system is a life saver. I love the 10,000-point automatic track log; 20 saved tracks (500 points each) lets you retrace your path in both directions. Also features 1,000 user waypoints with name and graphic symbol; 50 reversible routes
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